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||1962 – A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday". | ||1962 – A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday". | ||
||1971 – Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union. | ||1971 – Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union. | ||
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||Herbert Frank York (d. 19 May 2009) was a American nuclear physicist. He held numerous research and administrative positions at various United States government and educational institutes. Pic. | ||Herbert Frank York (d. 19 May 2009) was a American nuclear physicist. He held numerous research and administrative positions at various United States government and educational institutes. Pic. | ||
||Dale Dehaven Myers (d. May 19, 2015) | ||Dale Dehaven Myers (d. May 19, 2015) Dale Dehaven Myers was an American aerospace engineer who was Deputy Administrator of NASA. Pic. | ||
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1743: Physicist, mathematician, and astronomer Jean-Pierre Christin publishes the design of a mercury thermometer based on the Celsius scale. The "Thermometer of Lyon" will be built by the craftsman Pierre Casati using this design.
1883: Signed first edition of Interview with Wallace War-Heels stolen. It will later be recovered by Niles Cartouchian and returned to the Smithsonian Museum.
1903: Bacteriologist Ruth Ella Moore born. She will publish work on tuberculosis, immunology and dental caries, the response of gut microorganisms to antibiotics, and the blood type of African-Americans.
1954: Computer programmer Jean Bartik discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1961: Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data).